The Wilmingtonian., 1887-04-02
Luxurious Travelling.

usual hour In Wilmington and upon the
following morning breakfsstinR in Chicago.
Such are not only the possibilities, but the
actual opportunities that the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company offer our citizens
for a trip to Chicago.
The B. s. O. have not only given our
people the advantages of rapid transit,
without extra charge, but have also aptio'-
pated the most advanced wish as regards
convenience, comfort and luxury.
What are timed the ordinary day coaches
are most comfortable and elegantly FUR
nished, but the parlor and sleeping service
are models of completeness and utility In
all their appointments. A cafe car is at
tached to all through trains at specified
intervals and its menu comprises all that
epicurism osn suggest. Furthermore q
Buffet car is an accompaniment Of al
through trains which provides luncheons at
any and all hUurs.
1t Ia really difficult to comprehend the
advanced status of travel maintained by
the B. & O., save by participating iheresf
Another feature which materially con
tributes to the Enjoyment of the itinerary
Is the NJ banity and accommodating spirit of
Of the officers of the tain enroute.
A party of gentlemen left this city on th'-
moinirg Of the 9Th uliimo. at 7.45 for
Chicago. The care, tteadiness and swift
ness which characterized the movements OF
the train evidenced the well bailsstsd con-
dition of the road bed. The Su,quehanns
bringe was the first point which attracted
marked attention. The train skir ed the
city of Baltimore, making the first stop al
Washington, running into the station on the
minute of its scheduled time.
The depot ia within the shadows of the
great Capital dome, aud as the trains glide
in and out OF the city the whole majesty OF
the towering structure is comprehend, d,
while the Washington Monument is in full
view, from base to Handicapped apex. The
various public buildings loom up In their
massive proportions, and beyond. skirting
the lowlands, the Potomac ripples on its
placid way, with no suggestion of that
W hich once rent its fair bosom. To those
who oau but pass through, the oppoI tunity
Of the succession of views from the train il
one Of rare enj 'yment.
khi iOI SulCdkOt SllOluuaLt ana
St. Louis, cried the conductor, and at II 40
the train started Westward. For nearl,
three hundred miles out of Washington the
B. Il o. traverses section whose history is
written in frateinal blood and the associa-
tions Of these respective localities will be
az saoredly cherished as those OF Lexing.
on and Banker Hill.
% to thn
paraleed In interest for the tourist. Upon
one side of the track you look down into
the deep, unfaihomable abyss--so deep and
20 suggestive that the Imagination san de-
tect aulphurous fumes and even see the
outlines Of the tabled homes, whilst upon
the other side of the track are seen noun
tain ranges whose snow capped peaks pass
the realms of the clouds. Fortunately for
our party we crossed the mountains in a
storm, which materially enhanced Il love-
liness and enjoyableness of the journsying. |
TIE snow bedeoked trees upon the noun |
tain slope and in the deep dels presented |
fairy lctne of indescl ibabe grandeur.
The curves Of the road which so grace
fully encircle the mountain cliffs are ee- |
ments Of pronounced attraction in the pie |
tuIesque and spendld.y equipped B. & o. |
No one with an artists eye, or an apprecia-
ton of the all-wise fitness OF thinks in ma
ture, would have them lessened. Az cur |
tains rise or roll back to bewider with the |
beauty behind them, 80 there is ever con- |
stant succession of tableaux, as 1t were, as |
the train glides 30 swiftly over its glisteuing |
way. Great towe ing masses of rock secm- |
ingly bar progress Grand In contour, sub |
lime in proportions. they are but portals to |
the vista speedily opened up, and which iu |
contrast fairly stirs the soul at the wondrous |
variety the curves disclose. A straight line |
is another word for monotony; curvIpg, |
long-sweepDg, river-following, and noun |
tain girting line is very gallery of the |
masterpieces Of nature. Add to the grandly |
picturesque surroundings the associations
called up by memories Of the days which |
tried NOUS souls. and eau one woLder thai
night appears to close in so fast, time deet- |
ing by unnoticed2 More than one J.erson |
has involuntarily wished that the B. & o. |
were not five hours faster than any other |
lines between St. Louis, Cincinnati, etc.,
and Washington and that its limited trains |
did not eclipse all others in time between |
Chicago, Columbus. Pittsburg, etc., al d the |
national capital. There is SO much to see |
and to think of, that the time appears |
hardly half long enough. The blending of |
the picturesque and the historic along the |
lins reudeis q trip over it replete with an
enjoyment no other route can approach. In |
tho one or the other there ia that which |
causes one to forget himself and he lives in
the grandeur and the lovelness Of nature or
the hsllowed memoirs of historic past.
Chicago was reached on the morning sub
sequent to the departure from Wilmington
few minutes after 10 O'Clock, the train en-
teriug the station only five minutes behind
its scheduled time.
1t unqutstanably indicates a very high
order OF management to make a run
within fraction of a thousand miles az d
maintain scheoule time throughout. The
time is made, not by reckless running or ex-
traordinary exertions, but by long, steady
pulls, tho train frequently running fifty
miles or more without a stop. The result,
has again demonstrated the full and unques-
tioued ability of the B. s. o., to keep its
promises and maintain principle which IL
without equivocatiom, and means exactly its
real semblance.
CleveIand's Democracy.
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